Chaff has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The boss said this group is a real mixed bag. I wonder if he places me with the wheat or the chaff. | |
| 2. | Old birds are not caught with chaff. | |
| 3. | That person's so stingy that he won't even let the mouse have the chaff. | |
| 4. | You really are the chaff of humanity. | |
| 5. | Let's separate the wheat from the chaff. | |
| 6. | The free access which many young people have to romances, novels, and plays has poisoned the mind and corrupted the morals of many a promising youth; and prevented others from improving their minds in useful knowledge. Parents take care to feed their children with wholesome diet; and yet how unconcerned about the provision for the mind, whether they are furnished with salutary food, or with trash, chaff, or poison? | |
| 7. | The two lads who slept in the chaff-cutting loft above the harness-room were quickly aroused. | |
| 8. | It is difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. | |
| 9. | The chaff must be removed from the good wheat. | |
| 10. | Good wheat must be separated from the chaff. |